drugset / Trial / NCT00914017

Statins and Breast Cancer Biomarkers

NCT00914017

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindPrevention

Summary

There is laboratory evidence that cholesterol lowering medications (statins) inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells. Clinical studies are controversial but some show that women taking statins are less likely to get breast cancer. This ongoing randomized trial compares one-year of atorvastatin (Lipitor™) or placebo for lowering mammography-defined breast density and other surrogate markers associated with breast cancer risk.

Timeline

Start
2005-01
Primary completion
2010-12
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Atorvastatin Small molecule 40 mg

Indications